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ECOWAS member states, according to Ghana’s army spokesman  had initially mulled a military intervention against those who carried out Niger’s coup, and the bloc’s heads of state had ordered a military force to be readied to restore constitutional order during a special summit, but they said a peaceful resolution of the conflict should continue to be pursued.

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, caught the attention of many Nigerians last week. On Wednesday, at the end of the plenary session, the former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, oblivious he was still on live television, announced to his colleagues that the clerk of the National Assembly would send tokens to their various bank accounts to enable them enjoy their holiday. Aghast, few of his colleagues immediately approached him to call his attention to the gaffe and Akpabio had to withdraw his statement in an embarrassing attempt to switch “tokens” to  “prayers”. I and many others had a good laugh after watching the clip that quickly went viral.  Akpabio is a good man with a large heart. I met him while he was the Governor of Akwa Ibom state, and he came across as someone who is ready to go out of his way to make others comfortable.